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a presidential candidate of pakistan said there are 100 fanatics in this tribal area, you now have 1 million people who hate you because you are murdering their relatives. think about that for a minute. and think about we didda -- did a separate video on this, 178 children have been killed by drones in pakistan and yemen. >> john brennan says the drone strikes have been executed with surgical precision. does that jibe with what you found on the ground? >> it's a disgusting statement. they have not been executeed with surgical precision maybe a terrible hack surgeon if that's your definition. there are numerous people and numerous incidents of absolutely out rain -- outrageious suvillian casualties each if the drones are technically accurate how do they get information about who to attack. they are ex-pakistani military are bribing people in the provinces to give them names and that's how and who the drones are directed at and just in began -- gone -- guantanamo they are turning in people they have a grudge against. >> and bribes leading to bad intel are all to familiar. we have 20 se
a presidential candidate of pakistan said there are 100 fanatics in this tribal area, you now have 1 million people who hate you because you are murdering their relatives. think about that for a minute. and think about we didda -- did a separate video on this, 178 children have been killed by drones in pakistan and yemen. >> john brennan says the drone strikes have been executed with surgical precision. does that jibe with what you found on the ground? >> it's a disgusting...
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>> we're not at war with pakistan. pakistan is it a country we're not at war with. it is not the troops or drones, it is how do you protect or defend and drones are not doing the job. >> john: filmmaker activist robert greenwald big fan of your films. many thanks for your time tonight. >> john: one of our heroes, alan grayson is back in congress. he's joining us next. before the sneeze, help protect with a spray. before the tissue, help defend with a wipe. before the cold & flu season help prevent with lysol. because when you have 10 times more protection with each hand wash... and kill 99.9% of germs around the house with each spray... those healthy habits start to add up. this season, a good offense is the best defense and lysol has your family covered because that's our mission for health. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (v
>> we're not at war with pakistan. pakistan is it a country we're not at war with. it is not the troops or drones, it is how do you protect or defend and drones are not doing the job. >> john: filmmaker activist robert greenwald big fan of your films. many thanks for your time tonight. >> john: one of our heroes, alan grayson is back in congress. he's joining us next. before the sneeze, help protect with a spray. before the tissue, help defend with a wipe. before the cold...
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what can pakistan do? we can apply some pressure but if the expectation is that we can get people to accept any position that would not be possible for pakistan. this is one point. about the eagerness, the most you show eagerness there are many red lights. what is it that pakistan is trying to to do? if, for example, there was a comment that i made we should not be seeking a place on the table. there is no need for us. our road is this, it is, yes, we must have a part, we must play a part then surely it is going to be miss. interpreted. we must play the roll. as for the economic part is concerned there ought to be cooperation but because of conflict there are difficulties and earlier we had talked about the 1990's. if the conflicts could be resolved. there are many projects, projects like pakistan, india, if something can be done on that, that would be a great project. there are projects for transmission lines from central asia and also, supplying energy to pakistan. there are obvious things which certainl
what can pakistan do? we can apply some pressure but if the expectation is that we can get people to accept any position that would not be possible for pakistan. this is one point. about the eagerness, the most you show eagerness there are many red lights. what is it that pakistan is trying to to do? if, for example, there was a comment that i made we should not be seeking a place on the table. there is no need for us. our road is this, it is, yes, we must have a part, we must play a part then...
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strike in pakistan. when you talk to people in the administration, or when they are willing to go on the record to the press about these things, they will describe these drone strikes as having been reported. they never full on admit that the united states is carrying them out. but it is the united states carrying them out. the fact that we know these things are happening and that our government nevertheless considers them to be deniable is frankly one of the more orwellian things about being an american citizen in the 21st center pi. the closest thing we have to a face for the drone policy or the drone non-policy is this man. he is the face of this policy that we have of killing people outside of war zones using this particular tool. and he is the face of the policy both because he is the man who is reported to bring specific names and specific details of specific targets to the president for the president's personal approval. so to the extent that there is a kill list, this guy is reportedly the keeper
strike in pakistan. when you talk to people in the administration, or when they are willing to go on the record to the press about these things, they will describe these drone strikes as having been reported. they never full on admit that the united states is carrying them out. but it is the united states carrying them out. the fact that we know these things are happening and that our government nevertheless considers them to be deniable is frankly one of the more orwellian things about being...
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pakistan is not a monolith. there is all kinds of spectrums in pakistan. i think also -- who believe the presence of foreign troops is also the sustaining argument of the militants. they must continue as long as the foreign forces are there. and therefore as i had said, there would be this perception that the continuation may also mean the continuation of these kinds of activities. the counter argument that these activities must stop may be weakened. these are various groups, various parties who have those kinds of views. i anticipate that the government will be accepting. the other thing is where the taliban if they're not here? do not say that they're only in pakistan. in paris there has been a taliban representation. the taliban as part of the political landscape. this is basically something that should be done by the peace council. pakistan gets involved and your will say that there's a classic but, i read it a long time ago. i off and on read it. to remind myself how intertwined is the history and culture and tradition and demographic of these countri
pakistan is not a monolith. there is all kinds of spectrums in pakistan. i think also -- who believe the presence of foreign troops is also the sustaining argument of the militants. they must continue as long as the foreign forces are there. and therefore as i had said, there would be this perception that the continuation may also mean the continuation of these kinds of activities. the counter argument that these activities must stop may be weakened. these are various groups, various parties...
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it is about the us -- pakistan -- u.s.-pakistan relationship. general stanley mcchrystal spent 34 years in the new oteri. he was -- in the military. he was the director of the joint staff. in military circles, this five- year. of -- five-year period of joint special operations command is what makes them memorable and historic. the reality is that he has done more to carry the fight to al qaeda since 2001 than any other person in this department, possibly in the country. after that, bob gates got up, and the secretary of defense called him one of the finest men at arms this country as ever produced, then continued over the past decade, no single american has inflicted more fear and more loss of life on our country most vicious and violent enemies than dan mcchrystal -- stan mcchrystal. that makes him sound pretty scary. well he was certainly scary to our enemies, he is an amazing -- while he was certainly scary to our enemies, he is an amazing american. i want to share a very brief vignette. his emphasis on reducing civilian casualties was one of
it is about the us -- pakistan -- u.s.-pakistan relationship. general stanley mcchrystal spent 34 years in the new oteri. he was -- in the military. he was the director of the joint staff. in military circles, this five- year. of -- five-year period of joint special operations command is what makes them memorable and historic. the reality is that he has done more to carry the fight to al qaeda since 2001 than any other person in this department, possibly in the country. after that, bob gates...
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campaigners against forced marriage interviewed a thousand pakistan the women living in the uk. 860 said they knew someone in their family was in a forced marriage. 800 of the same 1000 said they were forced into a marriage, they would not tell the police because they did not want to betray their family. that's exactly where the problem lies. >> changing the mindset for us is about utilizing religion to highlight the at and it is where we incorporate face leaders. >> others question how officers will reasonably be able to make a distinction between arranged marriages and forced once. >> arranged marriage is one based on joyce and consent. at the other end of the continuum, you got forced marriage based on coercion and the rest. it is the gray area in between that will be a challenge for prosecutors and law-enforcement agencies to captor. >> the real power lies in the hands of children who some honey to find the strength to say no to the authority figures in their lives. >> in the third part of our series of women around the world, we will take to the afghan capital word gender violence r
campaigners against forced marriage interviewed a thousand pakistan the women living in the uk. 860 said they knew someone in their family was in a forced marriage. 800 of the same 1000 said they were forced into a marriage, they would not tell the police because they did not want to betray their family. that's exactly where the problem lies. >> changing the mindset for us is about utilizing religion to highlight the at and it is where we incorporate face leaders. >> others question...
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[applause] so we were recently in pakistan, a group of 34 very brave americans, not only from codepink but groups like the veterans for peace, that went to say to the pakistanis, we do not support the drone program and we care about you and your lives. your lives are as precious as our lives. and when we were in a meeting with hundreds and hundreds of postion men, one of them stood up and said, "if you have come here to win our hearts and minds, you have done so." and it showed us that if we go around the world showing we care about other people's lives, if we go around the world spreading compassion and kindness, we will get love back in return. so let's go out spreading a lot of love, and let's make sure that we force our congress and our president to represent the policies of kindness and compassion that we as americans hold dear. >> medea benjamin speaking last night at the peace ball. last week when the national rifle association held its first news conference after the newtown massacre, she was there holding a sign saying "the nra has blood on its hands." she was taken out by sec
[applause] so we were recently in pakistan, a group of 34 very brave americans, not only from codepink but groups like the veterans for peace, that went to say to the pakistanis, we do not support the drone program and we care about you and your lives. your lives are as precious as our lives. and when we were in a meeting with hundreds and hundreds of postion men, one of them stood up and said, "if you have come here to win our hearts and minds, you have done so." and it showed us...
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pakistan's military considered him a key to keeping the peace in pakistan. >>> over in care yitzhak rabin the united nations is raising the number of dead to 60,000. -- over in syria, the united nations is raising the number dead of to 60,000. a free lance american journalist working in syria was kidnapped by gunmen. the family of james foley just made the announcement. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is recover first thing blood clot at home this morning. these picture shower leaving the new york hospital yesterday, first time she had been seen publicly since early december. doctors say commit is making good progress and she is confined -- and they are confident she will make a full recovery. >>> coming up, the road to the super bowl has a friendly wager between the two mayors. we'll have that coming up next. fox 5 morning news comes right back . >>> skins fans are gearing up for the first round playoff match-up for the seahawk. d.c. mayor vincent gray is so confident the skin will win, he has freed to a friendly bet with the mayor of seattle. the mayor of the losing city must fly
pakistan's military considered him a key to keeping the peace in pakistan. >>> over in care yitzhak rabin the united nations is raising the number of dead to 60,000. -- over in syria, the united nations is raising the number dead of to 60,000. a free lance american journalist working in syria was kidnapped by gunmen. the family of james foley just made the announcement. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is recover first thing blood clot at home this morning. these picture...
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seven people were killed in northwest pakistan when gunmen ambushed a van killing five female teachers and two health workers. the teachers were on their way home from a community center when the gunmen stopped the van and pulled a young boy from the van and opened fire. no group has claimed responsibility for this attack. >>> tomorrow the students from newtown, connecticut will find their old backpacks, old desks at a new school. the survivors of the shooting massacre at sandy hook elementary will return to class in the neighboring town of monroe tomorrow. >>> the state of pennsylvania is planning to file a lawsuit against the ncaa. they reacted to the jerry sandusky scandal by taking away wins, reducing scholarships and temporarily banning penn state from competing in the post- season. it includes a $90 million fine -- $60 million fine. state and federal lawmakers have raised objections to the money being spent outside pennsylvania. the state's lawsuit will argue the money should remain in pennsylvania. >>> 4:36. breezy and cool is what you can expect when you head outside. olga is i
seven people were killed in northwest pakistan when gunmen ambushed a van killing five female teachers and two health workers. the teachers were on their way home from a community center when the gunmen stopped the van and pulled a young boy from the van and opened fire. no group has claimed responsibility for this attack. >>> tomorrow the students from newtown, connecticut will find their old backpacks, old desks at a new school. the survivors of the shooting massacre at sandy hook...
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pakistan is probably building more nuclear weapons than any other country in the world. pakistan is a very fragile system that can disintegrate at any time. we're not prepared for that. the whole challenge of the persian gulf, we're not prepared for that. i think it's accurate to say that by appointing the secretary of state and the secretary of defense that he has, john kerry and hagel, they're communicating accurately the minimalist approach to the world. you can make a case for that. but neither, neither of them nor the president has a positive vision of how you're going to deal with a worldwide virus that is increasingly destabilizing the planet. and that's what's happening from pakistan through north africa to syria and i think potentially in europe and the united states. >> i have less than a minute here. i need one-word answers from you. joe biden made a bit of a slip up talking about how hap he was going to be president of the united states. >> joe biden would be happy to be president of the united states and i think he is planning to run, if possible. >> quickly
pakistan is probably building more nuclear weapons than any other country in the world. pakistan is a very fragile system that can disintegrate at any time. we're not prepared for that. the whole challenge of the persian gulf, we're not prepared for that. i think it's accurate to say that by appointing the secretary of state and the secretary of defense that he has, john kerry and hagel, they're communicating accurately the minimalist approach to the world. you can make a case for that. but...
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the other part of this, you have not mentioned it, is pakistan. pakistan is the most important and critical element in this entire equation for the reasons most people understand. i think at this point, and i think panetta and the president are right in the direction they're taking this, is accelerate that combat timeline, withdrawing nato and american forces out of there and down, eventually, because an international peace conference is probably what is going to be required. when i say in international peace conference, i think you will have to bring the iranians into this, certainly the taliban will be in it, the government of afghanistan, we are, others. i don't know how else you resolve this. this is going to go on for a while. this will not be resolved with one peace treaty, but the continuation of the path we're on now is only going to make it worse. we have a situation in pakistan where we are right on the cusp in a seriousally way. we don't want that to happen because then we come loose of all our diplomatic moorings. we still have troops
the other part of this, you have not mentioned it, is pakistan. pakistan is the most important and critical element in this entire equation for the reasons most people understand. i think at this point, and i think panetta and the president are right in the direction they're taking this, is accelerate that combat timeline, withdrawing nato and american forces out of there and down, eventually, because an international peace conference is probably what is going to be required. when i say in...
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she was shot once in the head and after six days of being treated in pakistan, she was moved to this british hospital for more intensive therapy. she will go now to her family's home, the temporary home in london, she will continue to be treated and the hospital as an outpatient. she will get cranial reconstructive surgery later this month or early february. you can see her there waving and talking to the nurses. you can see some of the scarring left behind from the bullet she took. that is good as for her family and they will stay in the u.k. for at least a couple of years. her father has been given a job with the pakistani consulate in london so they will be there for 3-5 years. >> idaho senator michael crapo faces arraignment this morning on dui charges. >> he was arrested last month after allegedly running a red light in alexandria. he felt several field sobriety tests. he issued an apology saying he accepted responsibility. sentencing today for the former fbi agent found guilty in a deadly drunk driving cash -- crashed in brandywine in 2011. he faces up to 13 years in prison and
she was shot once in the head and after six days of being treated in pakistan, she was moved to this british hospital for more intensive therapy. she will go now to her family's home, the temporary home in london, she will continue to be treated and the hospital as an outpatient. she will get cranial reconstructive surgery later this month or early february. you can see her there waving and talking to the nurses. you can see some of the scarring left behind from the bullet she took. that is...
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-pakistan relationship "the deadly embrace." . his new book, coming out next month is "avoiding armageddon" and it's the story about the u.s.-india-pakistan relationship and crisis management over the last half century or so. general stan mcchrystal is a 1976 graduate of west point. spent 34 years in the u.s. army. retiring as a four-star general in the summer of 2010. he has been commander in afghanistan. he was the director of the joint staff. but perhaps in military circles, most of all, as i mentioned, this five-year period at joint special operations command makes him memorable and historic. general casey at his retirement ceremony in 2010 said that the reality is that stan has done more to carry the fight to al qaeda since 2001 than any other person in this department and possibly in the country. and after that bob gates got up and the secretary of defense called him one of the finest men at arms this country has ever produced. and then continued over the past decade, no single american has inflicted more fear and more loss
-pakistan relationship "the deadly embrace." . his new book, coming out next month is "avoiding armageddon" and it's the story about the u.s.-india-pakistan relationship and crisis management over the last half century or so. general stan mcchrystal is a 1976 graduate of west point. spent 34 years in the u.s. army. retiring as a four-star general in the summer of 2010. he has been commander in afghanistan. he was the director of the joint staff. but perhaps in military...
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in pakistan. pakistani officials saying this senior taliban commander was among nine killed in a strike on a house near the border of afghanistan. they say four others were killed in a separate drone strike. now there are concerns about new tensions between washington and islamabad. officials saying this taliban leader had fought american forces in afghanistan but had a truce with pakistan's military. let's talk about this with rick grenell, former spokesperson for the last four u.s. ambassadors to the u.n. very tricky stuff here. so the pakistani government tolerates some taliban. others not so much. and this was a guy they liked? >> yeah. it is important to remember waziristan is the border between pakistan and afghanistan but officially in pakistan. pakistani government looks the other way. it is ungovernable. reporters seldom go there. pakistani officials really can't go there because it is too dangerous. they cut deals with the militant leaders to say if you don't attack us we'll look the oth
in pakistan. pakistani officials saying this senior taliban commander was among nine killed in a strike on a house near the border of afghanistan. they say four others were killed in a separate drone strike. now there are concerns about new tensions between washington and islamabad. officials saying this taliban leader had fought american forces in afghanistan but had a truce with pakistan's military. let's talk about this with rick grenell, former spokesperson for the last four u.s....
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one is afghanistan, the second is pakistan. i wanted to ask you about -- the first question relates to president carter's i and the elections ahead of them. -- president karzai and the elections ahead of him. i had a chance to visit him with senator mcconnell and senator mccain. i asked him about the elections. i wanted to get your sense of where you see the elections go in, what efforts you can undertake to make sure they are free and fair because they become central to the next chapter in this transition. the second question as it relates to afghanistan is one that senator boxer raised. her work on this has been exemplary. an amendment we got through the national defense authorization act which would require state and defense to file a report on the efforts to promote to the security of afghan women and girls to us by way of ionization, monitoring and responding to changes in women security. secondly, improving gender sensitivity and responsiveness among the afghan security forces and increasing the recruitment and retention
one is afghanistan, the second is pakistan. i wanted to ask you about -- the first question relates to president carter's i and the elections ahead of them. -- president karzai and the elections ahead of him. i had a chance to visit him with senator mcconnell and senator mccain. i asked him about the elections. i wanted to get your sense of where you see the elections go in, what efforts you can undertake to make sure they are free and fair because they become central to the next chapter in...
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figures here you know we're just the first week into two thousand and thirteen and the drone war in pakistan there were there were there have been six strikes. just eight days in the new year thirty five people dead as a result of those attacks i know that you said that you didn't really have much faith that the senate would would be talking about this drone program but i do want that the a.c.l.u. is an organization that is calling on the senate to discuss this this very controversial program and i do want to bring up a quote from the a.c.l.u. here as part of their statement they say quote the senate should not move forward with his nomination until it assesses the legality of his actions in past leadership positions in the cia during the early years of the george w. bush administration and in its current role in the ongoing targeted killing program so the a.c.l.u. is saying brennan's nomination should not move forward until the senate determines whether his past actions of war within the law do you expect the senate will in fact do that so far doesn't seem like a very confident. i'm not con
figures here you know we're just the first week into two thousand and thirteen and the drone war in pakistan there were there were there have been six strikes. just eight days in the new year thirty five people dead as a result of those attacks i know that you said that you didn't really have much faith that the senate would would be talking about this drone program but i do want that the a.c.l.u. is an organization that is calling on the senate to discuss this this very controversial program...
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the other part of this that you had not mentioned was pakistan. pakistan is the most important and critical element in this entire equation for reasons that most people understand. i think panetta and the president are right in the direction they are taking this. accelerate the time line they are taking american and nato forces out of there. an international peace conference is probably what is going to be required here. when i see international peace conference, i think your coin that bring the iranians in this. certainly the talent and is going to have to be in this. -- certainly taliban is going to have to be in this. this is going to go on for a while. this will not be resolved with just one piece treaty. the continuation of the path that we are on now is only going to make it worse. we have a situation in pakistan where we are right on the cost of losing an ally in a very serious way. we do not want that to happen. then we become loose of all of our diplomatic moorings. we still have 90,000 troops in afghanistan. iraq is having very big diffi
the other part of this that you had not mentioned was pakistan. pakistan is the most important and critical element in this entire equation for reasons that most people understand. i think panetta and the president are right in the direction they are taking this. accelerate the time line they are taking american and nato forces out of there. an international peace conference is probably what is going to be required here. when i see international peace conference, i think your coin that bring...
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he orders missile strikes and other strikes to hit in somalia and yemen, pakistan. we're looking right now at a reality that president obama essentially has extended the very policies that many of his supporters once the post under president bush. i think it says something about the bankrupt nature of politics in this country that the way we feel about life or death policies around the world is determined by who happens to be in office. to me that is a very sobering reality. >> i want to go to a clip of your film, jeremy and rick, the story of muslim cleric anwar al awlaki features prominently in "dirty wars." his 16-year-old son became the third u.s. citizen to be killed in a drone strike in yemen in october 2011. president obama called the assassination of anwar al awlaki a "marlstone." -- "milestone." ♪ >> aiden. it was nothing like a bowl. in afghanistan, life was defined by the war. everything revolved around it. in yemen, there was no war. at least not officially. the strike seems to have come out of the blue and must yemenis were going about life as usual.
he orders missile strikes and other strikes to hit in somalia and yemen, pakistan. we're looking right now at a reality that president obama essentially has extended the very policies that many of his supporters once the post under president bush. i think it says something about the bankrupt nature of politics in this country that the way we feel about life or death policies around the world is determined by who happens to be in office. to me that is a very sobering reality. >> i want to...
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pakistan is an ally. we haven't declared war on pakistan. we have attempted surgically to remove people from a jurisdiction where we are friendly with the government and in doing so without authorization from congress or a declaration of war and in violation of the constitution he has killed americans. charles: i am a fan of drones to be frank with you but the president seems so hypocritical trotting out these children -- i hate to use -- i don't like to use them in the first place and that he put their names out to the public. doesn't it look hypocritical to talk about our number one goal as humans, as adults is to protect children? >> of course looks hypocritical and when it come to these drones where is the left? why is the left not hypercritical of the president? if this was a republican white house the left would be absolutely outraged. judge napolitano: that is a great question. i remember asking congressman charlie rangel about this, a classic liberal democrat who was furious that the president bombed libya instead of asking congress
pakistan is an ally. we haven't declared war on pakistan. we have attempted surgically to remove people from a jurisdiction where we are friendly with the government and in doing so without authorization from congress or a declaration of war and in violation of the constitution he has killed americans. charles: i am a fan of drones to be frank with you but the president seems so hypocritical trotting out these children -- i hate to use -- i don't like to use them in the first place and that he...
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so, i mean, the point is she's much safer here, obviously, in britain than in pakistan. so that's what they're focusing on. >> matthew chance, thank you. it's good to see her smile. >>> venezuelan officials say that president chavez has severe respiratory infection that he's struggling to breathe now. he's in cuba. that's where he had cancer surgery last month. now, he was just re-elected in october for a third term, but now the venezuelans are wondering whether or not he will actually live to take the oath. our raphael romo has the story mplt. >> reporter: the medical condition of president hugo chavez recovering from cancer surgery in cuba is more serious than previously thought according to a top venezuelan official. >> translator: after the delicate surgery on december 11th, chavez faced complications as a consequence of a severe pulmonary infection. it requires him to strictly follow medical treatment. >> reporter: meanwhile venezuela is steaming are speculation. >> translator: sometimes it looks as if the president is well and other times not so much. honestly, we
so, i mean, the point is she's much safer here, obviously, in britain than in pakistan. so that's what they're focusing on. >> matthew chance, thank you. it's good to see her smile. >>> venezuelan officials say that president chavez has severe respiratory infection that he's struggling to breathe now. he's in cuba. that's where he had cancer surgery last month. now, he was just re-elected in october for a third term, but now the venezuelans are wondering whether or not he will...
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they will go to pakistan the next day. they have already paid for the bomb they just have to bring it back home. it is turkey, iraq, every country believed to be a superpower will go nuclear. nuclear balance will include many participants is not stable. if it just israel against iran, the main concept is destruction, basically, the cold world war is not there anymore. there is no communication between iran and israel. at this time, the soviet union had an embassy in washington, d.c. the brother of the president, kennedy went to the embassy in d.c. and they tried to deescalate a war that was about to have a nuclear war. there is no iran embassy in israel. there is no white line between the prime minister office and the supreme leader. this is not an israeli problem. the iranian regime has turned against everything we stand for, freedom, human rights, rule of law, women's rights, everything. last word, if you believe i am the only one in the world who is taking part in operations. two are very successful -- [applause] two ar
they will go to pakistan the next day. they have already paid for the bomb they just have to bring it back home. it is turkey, iraq, every country believed to be a superpower will go nuclear. nuclear balance will include many participants is not stable. if it just israel against iran, the main concept is destruction, basically, the cold world war is not there anymore. there is no communication between iran and israel. at this time, the soviet union had an embassy in washington, d.c. the brother...
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shias just returned from pakistan. talk about president obama's policies around drone warfare and targeted killings. >> it is remarkable that while drones were used during the bush administration, they were used a total of not 50 times in the case of pakistan and immediately went obamacare in, he and his inner circle decided they would not pick up suspected enemy combatants on the battlefield and take them to guantanamo and they would not pick them up in places like pakistan and put them in guantanamo. instead, they would just kill them. so this has been a policy that has skyrocketed during the obama administration. there have been now over 300 drone strikes in pakistan alone. thousands of people killed the amazing thing about it is how, one, we of been like to by people like john brennan, now the nominee for the cia, saying it had been almost no civilian casualties. and the other is how incredibly counterproductive this policy is because it is the best recruiting tool for al qaeda and the taliban. going to pakistan an
shias just returned from pakistan. talk about president obama's policies around drone warfare and targeted killings. >> it is remarkable that while drones were used during the bush administration, they were used a total of not 50 times in the case of pakistan and immediately went obamacare in, he and his inner circle decided they would not pick up suspected enemy combatants on the battlefield and take them to guantanamo and they would not pick them up in places like pakistan and put them...
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. >> it's one of the deadliest days in pakistan in years, at least 115 people were killed in a series of bombings. more than 80 were killed after the bombing of a billiard hall, another 100 people were gerald there. earlier in the day there was an explosion at a religion on you gathering. >> gerry sandusky wants a new trial. he was once an assistant football coach at penn state university, convicted of child abuse over many years. he made his first public appearance in three months in a courtroom, where hess lawyers argued he did not get a fair trial the first time around. they told the judge they did not have enough time to prepared after prosecutors turned over an overwhelming amount of material at the last minute. sandusky is serving 30 years in prison for 45 counts of child abuse. he says he is innocent of all the charges. >>> tonight there are reports that a pod of trapped killer whales in canada's frozen north may have been freed overnight. the weather is the reason. >>> a bot of killers whales may have freed themselves. tribal elders say a break in the weather created a break i
. >> it's one of the deadliest days in pakistan in years, at least 115 people were killed in a series of bombings. more than 80 were killed after the bombing of a billiard hall, another 100 people were gerald there. earlier in the day there was an explosion at a religion on you gathering. >> gerry sandusky wants a new trial. he was once an assistant football coach at penn state university, convicted of child abuse over many years. he made his first public appearance in three months...
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one is afghanistan, the sec is pakistan. with regard to afghanistan, i wanted to ask you about the first question relates to president karzai and the leches ahead of them. when he was here just a couple of weeks ago, i had the chance to visit with him in leader mcconnel's office and a number of senators as well. and to ask him directly about the elections and ask him about my second question. but i wanted to get your sense of where you see those lexes going. what efforts you can undertake to make sure that they are free and fair because they've been, i think, central to the next chapter in this transition. i just wanted to comment on that. the second question as it relates to afghanistan is one that senator boxer raised and her work on this has been exemplary, on women and girls and in particular, i have a -- an amendment that we got through the national defense authorization act which would require both state and defense to file a report on the efforts to promote the security of afghan women and girls just by way of itemiza
one is afghanistan, the sec is pakistan. with regard to afghanistan, i wanted to ask you about the first question relates to president karzai and the leches ahead of them. when he was here just a couple of weeks ago, i had the chance to visit with him in leader mcconnel's office and a number of senators as well. and to ask him directly about the elections and ask him about my second question. but i wanted to get your sense of where you see those lexes going. what efforts you can undertake to...
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india and pakistan fought a war every 15 careers after independence. they fought -- sorry, they fought three years in 30 years. and then they got nuclear weapons. and in the last 40 years they haven't fought a war since. now every time -- you will of course see tensions and will you see crises like the cuban missile crisis, because these powers are in conflict with one another. but what's extraordinary is that during the cold war, despite this intense geopolitical rivalry, which would have told you, all history would have suggested, that the united states and soviet union would have gone to war with one another. they didn't. because of nuclear weapons. because they were deterred, because of the fear of what it would mean. margaret thatcher understood this. in 1989 she gave a speech standing with gorbachev and she said, you and i, secretary general, know that conventional weapons have never deterred war in europe. but nuclear weapons have done so for 40 years. she said in 1989. make that 70 years. north korea, when it went nuclear, we were told all of a
india and pakistan fought a war every 15 careers after independence. they fought -- sorry, they fought three years in 30 years. and then they got nuclear weapons. and in the last 40 years they haven't fought a war since. now every time -- you will of course see tensions and will you see crises like the cuban missile crisis, because these powers are in conflict with one another. but what's extraordinary is that during the cold war, despite this intense geopolitical rivalry, which would have told...
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afghanistan, iraq, the covert campaigns in pakistan and yemen and generally we don't see civilian suffering on the front pages of the newspaper and doesn't lead the nightly news so it's important for americans to moe what their wars mean to people overseas. >> yeah. nick, i mean, we are rightly aware of -- you know, we have the vietnam memorial in washington. you have those 59,000 names there. incredibly emotional and moving experience and if you have family members or those your family knew just to walk by and see that's a moving experience. i do wonder sometimes if in this country we don't think enough about the other side of conflicts like this. you are talking about the atrocities in vietnam. you can also talk about the -- think of gulf war in 1991. very few american casualties and lots of iraqi casualties in 1991. think about the sanctions in the 1990s. hundreds of thousands of deaths that can be linked to that, think of afghanistan and the drones. do you think we really are sensitive enough to just sort of the implications of the kinds of deaths that just, you know, follow from the fo
afghanistan, iraq, the covert campaigns in pakistan and yemen and generally we don't see civilian suffering on the front pages of the newspaper and doesn't lead the nightly news so it's important for americans to moe what their wars mean to people overseas. >> yeah. nick, i mean, we are rightly aware of -- you know, we have the vietnam memorial in washington. you have those 59,000 names there. incredibly emotional and moving experience and if you have family members or those your family...
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. >>> a major step forward for a teenage girl that the taliban tried to kill in pakistan. 15-year-old molala esusa was shot in the head. keir simmons reports a miraculous recovery. targeted by the taliban because she spoke up for the rights of women. doctors say the bullet grazed her brain but described her as a strong young woman. she will recover her recoveries with her family in britain. her father, mother and younger brothers are all here. she's to undergo reconstructive surgery in late january or early february. the pakistani government is paying for her treatment, and her father has been given a job, appointed education attache. >>> an american eagle pilot was arrested just before takeoff this morning at the minneapolis/st. paul international airport. the pilot smelled of alcohol before he boarded the plane. dural preflight checks, the pilot was given a breathalyzer test and he was arrested. the flight was delayed. >>> a battery-powered toothbrush and luggage caused travel backups today. workers at air trance hear a the terminal reopened about an hour later. >>> more than two mo
. >>> a major step forward for a teenage girl that the taliban tried to kill in pakistan. 15-year-old molala esusa was shot in the head. keir simmons reports a miraculous recovery. targeted by the taliban because she spoke up for the rights of women. doctors say the bullet grazed her brain but described her as a strong young woman. she will recover her recoveries with her family in britain. her father, mother and younger brothers are all here. she's to undergo reconstructive surgery in...
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it was pakistan in america's tight embrace that began to act as a nuclear country. if we say we won't tolerate a nuclear iran then we have to say we're prepared to go down the path with war with iran. we have to ask you can we tolerate another major war in the middle east? this time with a country that is twice as large as iraq. it has larger land mass and its capitol city is two mountain ranges away from the nearest port facilities. will that war be effective? will it get the job done? how long will that war take? five years, 10 years, 20 years longer? how much will it cost? how many americans will die in such a war? 10,000, 15,000, more? how will such a war impact the middle east or america for that matter? do we want such a war? can we tolerate it? it seems that americans have already answered this from of the president it down, they have answered clearly and it is a no. they don't want such a war. the good news is they don't have to have it. if it becomes necessary, if the diplomatic efforts, the sanctions to stop iran were to fail we can manage a nuclear iran j
it was pakistan in america's tight embrace that began to act as a nuclear country. if we say we won't tolerate a nuclear iran then we have to say we're prepared to go down the path with war with iran. we have to ask you can we tolerate another major war in the middle east? this time with a country that is twice as large as iraq. it has larger land mass and its capitol city is two mountain ranges away from the nearest port facilities. will that war be effective? will it get the job done? how...
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because it shows the hunt for bin laden, american seals killing a man who is in many countries, in pakistan, for example, still revered as a holy man. >> rick: in that movie, the youtube voideo you mentioned the united states denounced that, that's not anything, but in this case the cia did cooperate with the film makers. you could make the argue thats this-- is this a government sponsored movie? the other thing, a youtube video that only took a few minutes to watch, that was sort of silly and grainy, looked like a home movie. that's a whole lot different than a big screen, hollywood blockbuster that's going to be shown all over the world. >> rick: here is the bigger question when it comes to the senator who want more information from the cia. the senate conducted its own investigation which found that enhanced interrogation techniques, water boarding and the like did not lead to the critical information that led us to bin laden and the acting director of the cia, reacts to remarks of the cia recently said in fact that we did get some information from enhanced interrogation, it was a part o
because it shows the hunt for bin laden, american seals killing a man who is in many countries, in pakistan, for example, still revered as a holy man. >> rick: in that movie, the youtube voideo you mentioned the united states denounced that, that's not anything, but in this case the cia did cooperate with the film makers. you could make the argue thats this-- is this a government sponsored movie? the other thing, a youtube video that only took a few minutes to watch, that was sort of...
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if a south korean pop star with an invisible horse could rule the world, why not a fishmonger from pakistan? his catchy "one-pound fish" has hooked people into the new year. it's reeled in more than 16 million views on youtube and already an itunes hit. >> chuck bell's favorite song on his ipod. also, buzz words to look for in 2013. >>> speaking of twitter, tweets may only be 140 characters, but that apparently doesn't lessen their historical significance. the library of congress has collected about 170 billion tweets in the last two years. what's likely to be the most noteworthy, the very first tweet posted back in 2006. librarians say they're working on a way to store and search all the messages. >> it never goes away. it will always be there. >> sounds like a future trivia question. what was the first tweet ever? >> i don't know. >> exactly. that's why it's a very good trivia question. >> wasn't the first e-mail ever like merry christmas? >> maybe. >> i think it was. >> anyway, we're off to a cold start on a saturday morning. looks like it's going to be a relatively good weekend for anyt
if a south korean pop star with an invisible horse could rule the world, why not a fishmonger from pakistan? his catchy "one-pound fish" has hooked people into the new year. it's reeled in more than 16 million views on youtube and already an itunes hit. >> chuck bell's favorite song on his ipod. also, buzz words to look for in 2013. >>> speaking of twitter, tweets may only be 140 characters, but that apparently doesn't lessen their historical significance. the library...
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drone of strikes and northwest pakistan killing 13 people, including a senior military commander. the commander, known as mullah nazir, was among the nine people killed in the first strike. pakistan officials say that they are upset about the strike not only because it was inside their country but also because they had a truce with the militant. but the u.s. i stated that he planned attacks on the u.s. troops across the border in afghanistan. >> the death toll from serious 21 mambo's civil war now exceed 60,000. that is according to the united nations. the number is far higher than recent estimates by activists opposed to president bashar assad's read to me. they put the death toll at 45,000. meanwhile, the un refugee agency said about 84,000 people fled syria last month alone. about half a million have been this place and since the war began. >> police in india have fought rape and murder charges against five men accused of attacking a woman on a bus in in new delphi. the attack had sparked outrage and protest across the country demanding proper protection for women. a sixth susp
drone of strikes and northwest pakistan killing 13 people, including a senior military commander. the commander, known as mullah nazir, was among the nine people killed in the first strike. pakistan officials say that they are upset about the strike not only because it was inside their country but also because they had a truce with the militant. but the u.s. i stated that he planned attacks on the u.s. troops across the border in afghanistan. >> the death toll from serious 21 mambo's...
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i mean tint, pakistan use -- i mean at this point pakistan was a country where america was admired widely. our image in that nation was plummeted because in large measure because of this drone policy we have. i think the real problem is that you know, because we can do something, we haven't slowed down to ask should we do it? yeah, we had the technology, smart people who can run a drone. well what about the human element here where we make sure that we are respecting civilians, that we make sure that there is a quantum of proof that is reviewable before we decide to execute a human being including a u.s. citizen. and of course, all of this stuff is made a little more complicated because you take a guy like anwar al-awlaki bad guy. no doubt about it. and if you use a policy to get after a bad guy, then you never review the policy because the outcome was a bad guy. but we need to review this policy and start getting our hands around it to say does america want to be a country that abandoned the rule of law that abandoned the geneva convention, that doesn't have any reviewability, that doesn
i mean tint, pakistan use -- i mean at this point pakistan was a country where america was admired widely. our image in that nation was plummeted because in large measure because of this drone policy we have. i think the real problem is that you know, because we can do something, we haven't slowed down to ask should we do it? yeah, we had the technology, smart people who can run a drone. well what about the human element here where we make sure that we are respecting civilians, that we make...
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they think america wants to be in afghanistan because of the bordering countries, including iran and pakistan. so right now it would be interesting to see what exactly is being discussed. at the most as we both now, america wants to leave afghanistan for the most part but the afghans feel america needs to stay. >> after president karzai met with different members of the senate yesterday, he was asked a very interesting question. but the lack of answer is the most telling. take a look. >> what kind of force would you like to see left in your country? >> thank you, everybody. >> i was told by the organizer of the senate to keep quiet after this one. >> thank you, everybody. >> told by the organizer to keep quiet on that and get a pat on the arm there by mitch mcconnell. proposed keeping 15,000 troops in afghanistan. the president hasn't made it clear exactly where the numbers are going to be. do you expect there could be a full withdrawal and won't be any type of -- left behind as atia is reporting. >> i don't think so. i think the zero option is a diplomatic bluff if you like, setting up the n
they think america wants to be in afghanistan because of the bordering countries, including iran and pakistan. so right now it would be interesting to see what exactly is being discussed. at the most as we both now, america wants to leave afghanistan for the most part but the afghans feel america needs to stay. >> after president karzai met with different members of the senate yesterday, he was asked a very interesting question. but the lack of answer is the most telling. take a look....
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in 2002, and was the chief counter-terrorism of operations for the cia in pakistan. my job was to try to locate al qaeda fighters were al qaeda leaders and capture them to turn them over to the justice department's and have them face trial. that was the original idea, not to have them sit in cuba for the next decade. but we caught abu zubaydah. he was shot three times by pakistani police as he was tried to escape from his safe house. i was the first person to have custody of him, to sit with him. we spoke to each other extensively. we talked about everything from september 11 to poetry he had been writing to his family. then he was moved on to a secret prison after that. once i got back to headquarters, i heard he had been subject to harsh techniques, then called enhanced interrogation techniques, and i was asked by one of the leaders in this tsa's counter-terrorism center if i wanted to be trained in these of these techniques. i told them i had a moral problem with them and did not want to be involved. fast forward to 2007, by then, human-rights watch and in this in
in 2002, and was the chief counter-terrorism of operations for the cia in pakistan. my job was to try to locate al qaeda fighters were al qaeda leaders and capture them to turn them over to the justice department's and have them face trial. that was the original idea, not to have them sit in cuba for the next decade. but we caught abu zubaydah. he was shot three times by pakistani police as he was tried to escape from his safe house. i was the first person to have custody of him, to sit with...
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i've always said afghanistan is not just about afghanistan, it's about pakistan. and the nukes and instability there. and so but the picture being painted here is a significantly less presence of the u.s. -- in that region. with the consequences that can come from that. >> i should said . >> i'm sorry we're trying to spread around here. i should have said when you ask your question, ask them for the mic, stand and identify yourself and keep your question short. it if we have time. we'll get back to you, okay. >> yes, sir, right here. [inaudible] >> please identify yourself. >> jack from the american institute -- [inaudible] i want to ask you about europe and whether or not you think there is enough support coming from europe to deal with those issues. we talked about germany, as you well know, been going in and going out with us in afghanistan. there's been criticism of us holding back. you mentioned constraint. it not the case that we not only have to expect if we can get, europe can be helpful in areas we would like to, not necessarily have a large -- and second
i've always said afghanistan is not just about afghanistan, it's about pakistan. and the nukes and instability there. and so but the picture being painted here is a significantly less presence of the u.s. -- in that region. with the consequences that can come from that. >> i should said . >> i'm sorry we're trying to spread around here. i should have said when you ask your question, ask them for the mic, stand and identify yourself and keep your question short. it if we have time....
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starting right now to the middle east, iran, pakistan, afghanistan. as you close on your tenure i was wondering if you might will win to share some important lessons learned from the time that you spent in this post, and enlighten us as to what congress can do to help responding even get in front of these threats as we move forward. and related to that, if i may, assuming that you're going to say which set a couple of times about engagement at the ground level, how do we do that in areas that are unstable? where we need to depend on local governments or local security forces. that, quite frankly, we seem don't have the ability to provide the level of security our diplomats are going to demand. >> it's wonderful to see you here, and i think you for your interest in looking sort of into the future. let me make just a couple of points. first, we have a lot of tools that we don't use as well as we should. i think we have advocated for broadcasting arena, where both in tv and radio which are considered kind of old-fashioned media, are still very important
starting right now to the middle east, iran, pakistan, afghanistan. as you close on your tenure i was wondering if you might will win to share some important lessons learned from the time that you spent in this post, and enlighten us as to what congress can do to help responding even get in front of these threats as we move forward. and related to that, if i may, assuming that you're going to say which set a couple of times about engagement at the ground level, how do we do that in areas that...
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. >>> new this morning from pakistan shiites in the city that was hit yesterday by several terror attacks that killed 120 people they are refusing to bury the dead. it's a protest to demand that the government do something to protect them from attacks by sunni extremists. >>> in less than an hour from right now a very critical meeting agains between president obama and hamid karzai. as kyla campbell reports the outcome could determine how many american troops come home this year. kyla. >> reporter: dave more than 60,000 u.s. troops are in afghanistan right now. president obama has not determined how many will leave the middle east this year. the u.s. war on terror in afghanistan officially ends next year. u.s. and nato forces are set to leave by the year of 2014. this year afghan forces are supposed to take the lead in security and that means thousands of u.s. traps could return home. but president obama is open to keeping anywhere from 3,000 to 15,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. after the end of the war next year. the u.s. leaders want to make sure afghan officials can run their governme
. >>> new this morning from pakistan shiites in the city that was hit yesterday by several terror attacks that killed 120 people they are refusing to bury the dead. it's a protest to demand that the government do something to protect them from attacks by sunni extremists. >>> in less than an hour from right now a very critical meeting agains between president obama and hamid karzai. as kyla campbell reports the outcome could determine how many american troops come home this...
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, you have meltdown situations potential meltdown situations not just in syria and the middle east, pakistan, north korea which has the bomben like iran and that is just ticking away. there's the egypt problem, there's what's going on recently in algeria and so forth. so i think the theme here for president obama is going to have to be i need to smoke the peace pipe domestically in this country with the political opposition and i need to work and develop friendships abroad and develop some overall strategy for dealing with this very dangerous lull. >> rose: just drill down on that temperament for the president who had an overwhelming electoral victory. >> i think franklin roosevelt would have disagreed. he said the election of 1936 was a great landslide and gave him the opportunity to define his opposition during that campaign. he said they're unanimous in their hate for me and i welcome their hatred, the economic royalists. so i think what roosevelt would have said on the other side would have been if you begin to define them before americans reach their own conclusion that can be a big wea
, you have meltdown situations potential meltdown situations not just in syria and the middle east, pakistan, north korea which has the bomben like iran and that is just ticking away. there's the egypt problem, there's what's going on recently in algeria and so forth. so i think the theme here for president obama is going to have to be i need to smoke the peace pipe domestically in this country with the political opposition and i need to work and develop friendships abroad and develop some...
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drone strike in pakistan's northern tribal areas. intelligence sources say they don't know the identities of the dead militants for sure but it is believed that two major taliban commanders may be among those killed. it makes that the third suspected u.s. drone strike in five days. >>> just a few days ago, general john allen proposed three scenarios for the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. the proposals coming just days before hamid karzai is set to meet with president obama at the white house. former chair of the house foreign affairs committee, ileana ros-lehtinen joins us to talk about what to expect from the talks. thanks for joining us. good to see you. >> thanks for the invitation. >> what do you expect to come from the talks? >> i hope not only talk about how many forces will stay in country but some of the ongoing systemic problems in afghanistan. primarily number one corruption. that has been an ongoing problem with the karzai government from day one and also the iranian influence. karzai could be seen now as a conduit
drone strike in pakistan's northern tribal areas. intelligence sources say they don't know the identities of the dead militants for sure but it is believed that two major taliban commanders may be among those killed. it makes that the third suspected u.s. drone strike in five days. >>> just a few days ago, general john allen proposed three scenarios for the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. the proposals coming just days before hamid karzai is set to meet with president obama at...